Senate roll call 41 · 49th Congress · Mar 3, 1886
To go into executive session.
On Mar 3, 1886, the Senate voted 35–22. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 17–16, Democrats 18–7. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 23 members voted against their own party.
During the 49th Congress (1885–1886), Grover Cleveland was president, and Democrats held the House majority and Republicans the Senate majority.
- Yes
- 35
- No
- 22
- Did not vote
- 23
- Date
- Mar 3, 1886
By party
- Democrats18 yes · 7 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Republicans17 yes · 16 no · 12 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Leland Stanford R-CA voted no
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT voted no
- Wilkinson Call D-FL voted no
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA voted no
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN voted no
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA voted no
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted no
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted no
- William Pierce Frye R-ME voted no
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS voted no
- James Zachariah George D-MS voted no
- Henry William Blair R-NH voted no
- Warner Miller R-NY voted no
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY voted no
- John Sherman R-OH voted no
- Jonathan Chace R-RI voted no
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI voted no
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN voted no
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger R-VA voted no
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted no
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted no
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI voted no
- John Edward Kenna D-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- George Gray D-DE
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- William Mahone R-VA
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- Warner Miller R-NY
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger R-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
Did not vote
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Abram Pease Williams R-CA
- George Hearst D-CA
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH
- Person Colby Cheney R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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